[Image description: four zucchinis, each larger than garden shears, are on my dining table and are fated to become relish]
"It" being that part of the season when you've got to check cucurbits twice a day (for us, at least)
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2024
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That's no fun! Do you still have time in the season for some quick to maturity squashes? I read somewhere that slugs don't like one of the plant compounds in grass and I can anecdotally confirm that I've had next to no slug pressure on the ones that are being mulched with grass. It might be worth an experiment where you are